Royal Zoological Society of Scotland
- Royal Zoological Society of Scotland
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland is a learned society and registered charity of Scotland. It was founded by an Edinburgh lawyer, Thomas Hailing Gillespie, in 1909. In 1913, a large plot of land was purchased for the Society by the Edinburgh Town Council on Corstorphine Hill, Edinburgh a site which later opened to the public as Edinburgh Zoo. [cite web | title= Review of Edinburgh Zoo | work = goodzoos.com website | url = http://www.goodzoos.com/UK%20Zoos/edinburg.htm | accessdate=2007-06-15] The original charter of the society is:
"To promote, facilitate and encourage the study of zoology and kindred subjects and to foster and develop amongst the people an interest in and knowledge of animal life." [cite web | title= History of Edinburgh Zoo | work = Edinburgh Zoo website | url = http://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/PageAccess.aspx?id=51 | accessdate=2007-06-15]
In 1986, the society also acquired the Highland Wildlife Park.
ee also
*List of organisations in the United Kingdom with a royal charter
*List of zoo associations
*Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator
*Scottish Wildlife Trust
*Zoology
References
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